Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daffodils are one of the earliest blooming flowers in the garden, appearing in late winter and early spring. The botanical name ...
Daffodils are a delight because their blooms are so long-lasting. In the right conditions, each daffodil flower can last for ...
As the RHS launches Daffodil Diaries, a campaign asking people to help it map the UK’s daffodils and locate three rare or historically significant varieties, it’s worth considering growing some ...
Rare British daffodils may be hiding in plain sight in gardens and parks and experts want to track them down. They have drawn up a wanted list of long-lost varieties linked to local places, such as ...
If you’re a daffodil lover, you may have wondered about the flower’s famous trumpeting, cupped receptacle. It’s called a corona — and botanists are confounded, too, as to its function. However, the ...
I’ve been to a fair few flower shows in my time, but only one bloom has bewitched me sufficiently to force me to cross the line from observer to participant. A rose? An orchid? A lily, perhaps? No, my ...
My interest in daffodils began in the late 1970s while a new member of the Mansfield Men’s Garden Club and teacher at Mansfield Senior High School. For an MGC program, I invited Wells Knierim from ...
Daffodil hunt launched by Royal Horticultural Society as flower lovers urged to look out for rare varieties Royal Horticultural Society scientist James Kirkham Ramsbottom was honoured in 1925 for ...